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The small city of Covina is situated in Southern California's bustling San Gabriel Valley. As a bedroom community for Los Angeles, Covina is centrally located on Interstate 10 between downtown L.A. and the Inland Empire region, making it an ideal base camp when traveling between the two areas. Although freeway traffic can be challenging, Covina's downtown Metro-Link train station offers quick public transit options in lieu of driving.

Along Arrow Highway

Arrow Highway is a busy corridor for commerce and industry in the San Gabriel Valley where Covina resides. This route is a wide east-west highway that connects San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties. Along the way there are numerous motels such as Covina's Arrow Inn Motel (thearrowinn.com). This budget-minded motel is located at the junction of Arrow Highway and Azusa Avenue, across from one of the biggest multiplex movie theater centers in the United States, AMC Covina 30 (amctheatres.com). The Arrow Inn features free cable TV, morning coffee and is located within walking distance of restaurants and retail stores.

Lodging with Full-Service Amenities

Covina visitors will find an array of amenities at the Radisson Suites Hotel (radisson.com), a full-service, pet-friendly inn featuring one bedroom suites for overnight guests, as well as long-term visitors. The Radisson Suites Hotel features on-site dining, a cocktail lounge and amenities ranging from a heated swimming pool to same-day dry cleaning service. Guests have easy access to local attractions such as Raging Waters (ragingwaters.com), California's largest water park, the Westfield Shopping Center (westfield.com) and the Ontario International Airport (lawa.org/welcomeont.aspx), located just 15 minutes away.

Near Restaurant Row

Several motels are located along Interstate 10 between Citrus and Grand Avenues in an area known as Restaurant Row. Choices include the Five Star Inn (thefivestarinn.com‎) and the Indigo Courtyard Inn and Suites (indigosuites.com‎), both of which are located on Garvey Avenue, just south of the the freeway. Neither motel accepts pets but both offer hot tubs, swimming pools and complimentary wireless Internet access. A variety of nearby restaurants is nearby including Hooters (hooters.com), El Torito (eltorito.com) and the Mariposa Inn (no website; 3109 E. Garvey Ave., North West Covina; 626-331-0943).

Things to Do

Drive north on Covina's Citrus Avenue from Badillo Avenue to visit the city's pedestrian-friendly downtown commercial district. This three-block area is comprised of several independently owned restaurants and eclectic retail stores selling everything from wine to antiques and collectibles. Each week local proprietors host downtown events ranging from wine tasting to free live music and the weekly Covina Farmers' Market and Family Night (covinafarmersmarket.com). Several times a year merchants sponsor large seasonal events such as the Bluesapalooza (bluesapalooza.org) and holiday celebrations.